strange brew in the latest newsweek poll
So strange, in fact, that I think it’s almost worthless. [Via Hot Air's Allahpundit, resident secular conservative.] Newsweek and MSNBC (those paragons of objectivity) polled on several topics, including the usual approval ratings, and on some religious issues. Here is what they “found”:
» On the question (12) “Which one of the following statements come closest to your views about the origin and development of human beings? Humans developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process (or) Humans developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process (or) God created humans pretty much in the present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so?”, 13% of atheists responded with the latter choice, “created in [their] present form”. 27% responded that “God guided [the] process”. I’d say 40% of atheists are hard of hearing.
» On the question (13) “Do you think the scientific theory of evolution is well-supported by evidence and widely accepted within the scientific community?”, 63% of evangelical Protestants said that it was not, while 18% of agnostics/atheists said that it was not — which makes sense if these 18% believed that there were some explanation other than either God or evolution — something I find unlikely. Although I believe the dichotomy of creation vs. evolution is a false one, that’s how it’s presented in the media, and so that’s why people who don’t follow or understand science (or people who don’t care and use the issue to club their political opponents as Godless/stupid depending on their politics) see it that way.
I don’t think this really gives us much information. There seems to be too large an intersection of non-intersecting answers, one that would not be covered by a reasonable margin of error.
Which leaves me with the feeling that I missed something. Did I?
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